I just downloaded the 64-bit version of 5.3. The Live CD runs perfectly. I have an nVidia motherboard chipset which the LiveCD recognized.

I have two hard drives, an ATA with several partitions I use for Linux installs and a SATA with several partitions that I use for /opt, swap, and data.

I tried installing from the Live CD install desktop icon. I got as far as selecting the drive. I was able to select the install drive (moving it to the right section), but I could never "click" the Boot radio button. I clicked on it and around it, but it never darkened. When I tried to advance, I got the error that I hadn't selected the boot drive. Perhaps this is related to the existence of the multiple partitions.

So I rebooted and selected the text install. When it got to the drive selection section, it seemed that it is not possible to select a particular partition for the installation. I selected "Replace Linux installation" (I have four of them on the drive), but the next step said it was going to reformat the drive without giving me a chance to select the appropriate partition.

Is it not possible to select partitions for installing Sabayon? Is it not possible to select another partition for /opt?

Your post made me a bit curious but you did not say which Sabayon you are trying to install, so when I got back from a few days break I downloaded both the Gnome and KDE versions (SL5.3 amd64)

The first one I tried was Gnome, got as far as creating /boot, swap and / in custom partition layout when I would receive an error after trying to advance, so I then opened a terminal and ran gparted

In gparted I selected to create a new partition table, clicked on apply and received an error (very strange) I rebooted to live dvd and opened gparted and again tried to create a new partition table and ended up with the same error

I then tried the KDE version, doing a custom partition layout I created my normal layout /boot, swap and / there was no problems with the installation

I then tried Gnome again but this time when doing a custom partition layout I did not create the partitions (because they had been created when I installed kde) but I did format the partitions as /boot, swap and / this time the Gnome version installed with no problems

Looks like there is a bug, as a work around create your partitions using a different live cd/dvd or just use fdisk

LaneLester wrote:When I tried to advance, I got the error that I hadn't selected the boot drive. Perhaps this is related to the existence of the multiple partitions.

When doing a custom partition layout you need to have a minimum of / and swap, when you create these 2 partitions then the boot directory is created in the root. So the error that you hadn't selected the boot drive is because you did not select a partition to be your / or /bootIf you select a partition to be /boot then you still need to select another partition as /

LaneLester wrote:So I rebooted and selected the text install

If you use the text install there is no custom partition layout and the drive you select will be created as LVM

joeoden wrote:Your post made me a bit curious but you did not say which Sabayon you are trying to install, so when I got back from a few days break I downloaded both the Gnome and KDE versions (SL5.3 amd64)

Thanks to both you guys for replying. As you might suspect from your results, I was using the Gnome version.

When doing a custom partition layout you need to have a minimum of / and swap, when you create these 2 partitions then the boot directory is created in the root.

The problem is I was never presented with the option to select a partition. It was only select the first hard drive or the second hard drive. My partitions were never displayed (as they are in gparted) for me to make a selection for / and swap (and /opt, as is my practice).

I'm not comfortable with the command line approach you describe, so it looks like the only way I could get the Gnome version is to install the KDE version first. And I'm still not confident that would solve anything, because I already had the partitions set up; the problem was I didn't get a chance to make a selection.

I think Sabayon will have to go on the shelf for a while. I'll check back again and see if things are improved.

esilviu wrote:Hello,I have successfully installed 5.3 Gnome version on a SATA HDD, on a motherboard that support RAID.I have used unetbootin to put the iso on a 2G USB stick.You could try this way too.

You didn't say anything about the partitioning of your hard drive. I'm sure I could have installed it as well, if I hadn't minded it eating whatever part of my hard drive it wished.